Across
- 3. On the equinox, the earth receives an ____ amount of light during the day and night time.
- 7. month of the N. Hemisphere summer solstice
- 8. The summer solstice is the _________ day of the year.
- 12. the day on which day and night are nearly equal length.
- 13. the longest or shortest day of the year
- 15. Changes in the amount of ____ reaching different latitudes cause seasons.
- 17. earth is the ___ planet from the sun
- 18. A Mars year is almost ____ as long as an earth year.
- 19. the shape of the orbit the earth takes around the sun
- 21. month of the N. Hemisphere winter solstice
- 22. the spinning of an object around a central point
- 23. the latitude line on which the sun is directly overhead on the vernal and autumnal equinoxes
- 24. the primary cause of the seasons, Earth's _______
- 25. month of the N. Hemisphere vernal equinox
Down
- 1. the latitude line on which the sun is directly overhead on the summer solstice
- 2. a day on Mars
- 4. When an object its farthest from the body it orbits
- 5. orbit: when one object goes around something else
- 6. When an object is closest to the body it orbits
- 9. month of the N. Hemisphere autumnal equinox
- 10. The elliptical orbit causes the _______ to advance and recede.
- 11. season in the northern hemisphere when we are closest to the sun.
- 14. the result of earth's tilt on the climate of earth
- 16. Earth receives more ____ ____ in the summer than in the winter.
- 20. The tropic at which the sun is directly overhead on the Northern Hemisphere winter solstice